an unprecedented federal exercise today, more than 200 million cell phones across the country received an emergency alert test. others did not. good afternoon and thank you for joining us. >> maybe it caught some people by surprise around 11:18 this morning our photographers saw a lot of people checking out their phones this morning. >> abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman went to guerneville to find out. wayne? >> reporter: if you go off main street in either direction your cell service drops. where we are on main street we get one bar. so it turns out the president's test was challenging here and for a number of reasons. it's also of interest to sonoma county testing a wireless alert system of its own. if there's one place in america

that would not want a message from the president of the united states, you're looking at it. left leaning guerneville in western sonoma county. >> he has nothing to say that i want to hear. >> reporter: as if any american had a choice even if they weren't aware of the president's nationwide wireless alert test. fcc law does not allow us to play the concert of phones in tune at 11:18 a.m. this morning but even here the wide net hit most of its targets from out of town tourists -- >> you know, i kind of have a lot of faith in our federal government. >> reporter: to locals. >> he should have posted his tax return on there and everybody would have paid attention to it. >> reporter: it turns out the national test worked much more efficiently than sonoma county's test on september 12th, a year after the firestorm and demands for better warning systems, areas like guerneville guerneviv more problems. >> it felt like 10% of guerneville actually received a

wireless emergency alert that was supposed to go to everybody. >> reporter: blame steep topography and residents who don't want cell towers near them due to hlthconcerns. many people want to go old school reconnecting an old system. >> if there is something that everybody needs to be alerted for, we would all know very quickly, i'm sure. >> reporter: or so they say. >> if it works, it works. >> reporter: the experts would disagree with that. up the road, fire chief steve batchman told us sirens don't work. you'd have to have a lot of them for everyone to hear the sirens. and regions like this, experts say, nothing beats going door-to-door. in guerneville, sonoma county, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> thank you, wayne. a question we've been hearing a lot today is why didn't my phone get an alert. it was supposed to happen at 11:18. you can see that only three of the four phones on this table received the alert this morning. >> we called in 7 on your side's michael finney to look and see.

this is all cell phones. >> across the board kind of sort of. this is very inte is an questio. during a to be the last one to know. all the major carriers had the alert. you can't turn this type of alert off. if you didn't receive the alert, you may be asking why. here are the probable causes. if your phone wasn't near a cell tower, if your phone wasn't turned on or in airplane mode. if you have an old phone it might not be wea or wireless emergency alert capable. that's unlikely, however. or your software needs updating. for instance iphones need ios 6 or newer to receive an emergency alert. consumers are reporting they and their phones were none of these things and still did not get an alert. there's yet to be an answer on how that could happen but it's documented it occurred. when i get a definitive answer, and i'm looking, i'll check back

in. >> thank you, michael. well, there's a chance you may have felt some sprinkles in parts of the bay area. >> spencer christian with a look at the forecast. it has that east coast muggy feel. it's been muggy for a couple of days. it will disappear the next 24 hours. we still have scattered showers and thunderstorms with lightning strikes to our east and north. going to the sierra foothills you can find storms. in the east bay, especially inland, we have little pockets of moisture moving through, moving up from the south so there could be a few more scattered showers during the afternoon hours. so we're keeping the storm impact scale up indicating the current system ranks 1, into tomorrow morning. a chance of isolated showers, maybe some brief downpours possible. and forecast animation showing into the evening and overnight hours the passage of clouds and moisture. the chance of showers is not great but enough that we're posting a 1 on the storm impact scale. i'll give you a closer look.

larry and ama? just like everyone who lives here in the bay area, we want to help make the bay area an even better place to live. every day we tackle the biggest issues in our community. >> we're talking about from the housing crisis to drugs and public safety. we're devoting more time, more resources, and more reporting to the major stories that impact the quality of your life and greater context and solutions every single day. >> and today as part of our ongoing commitment to building a better bay area we explore our commute, specifically the roads, bridges and transit systems we use every day. most everyone agrees california's infrastructure hasn't been up to par in years. but now a new report shows where things stand, and it's not good news. >> yeah, buckle up might be the appropriate phrase here. lyanne melendez live with more. lyan lyanne? >> reporter: let's just say these grades wouldn't get you

into college. now people are discussing this on twitter. one follower wrote, oh, where, oh, where have our taxes gone? the wait is finally over. >> now for the grades. are we ready for the grades? >> yes. >> i hear yeses. california in 2018 received the grade of "d." if you guessed "d," that was correct. >> reporter: civil engineers says it's a report card of the surface transportation was disappointing but not surprising. >> california has the largest percentage of bridges in poor condition in the nation. >> reporter: our bridges received a c-minus and our transit system scored just as poorly. of course what these experts say matters, but i wanted to hear from you, the hard working commuters who spend hours on these roads and highways. >> it's a "d." they're right on the money.

bridges are bad. in town, highway roads, everything. >> there's a lot of potholes. it's a mess. >> reporter: the reason our infrastructure scored poorly is that california hasn't invested enough money to expand, fix, and maintain our roads, bridges, and transit system. according to the pugh charitable institute, in the past ten years 26 states have raised the gasoline tax to fund projects. many of them deep red states that are typically fiscally conservative. it was only last year, 2017, that california joined them in also increasing that tax. states have realized that the federal government is less willing to pay for it. >> a lot of folks in congress say we need to invest in infrastructure. they can't agree on a way to pay for it. >> reporter: the mayor of berkeley says cities and counties need to find other sources of funding. >> with millions of more people come to the bay area, millions more people coming to the state of california, we have to invest now in our infrastructure and in the transportation network that

will move people throughout our region. >> reporter: now the authors of this report say all of that congestion, the traffic delays, meaning that truck driver trying to get from point "a" to "b," all those delays cost californians $61 billion a year in lost revenue. i'm live on treasure island, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. so we want to know, is there a really bad road where you live? let us know. use the #betterbayarea with pictures, video and location. we will reach out to city officials to find out why your road is not getting fixed. it's part of our ongoing commitment to building a better bay area. a celebration for a project designed to ease the commute for thousands in the east bay. cal transbegan working to add 11 miles of express lanes from martinez to walnut creek. tss las. ectedears took ceremo.

they plan to eventually extend express lanes to northbound 680. on to politics and key republican senatorsccuser christine blasey ford. >> how did you get home? i don't remember. how did you get there? i don't remember. where is the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. >> the president's full-throated assault came during a rally last night in mississippi. today republicans jeff flake, susan collins, and lisa murkowski blasted mr. trump for his comments. >> the president's comments were just plain wrong. >> i thought it was obviously insensitive and appalling, frankly. it's no time or place to discuss something so sensitive. >> flake says the president's statement would not influence his vote on kavanaugh. collins wouldn't say. murkowski said she's taking everything into account. white house adviser kellyanne conway defended mr. trump saying

she has been treated faberge egg by all of us. mitch mcconnell says a confirmation vote will take place this week. there's concern over a low-flying plane. the military aircraft flew over many houses yesterday. what federal aviation officials are saying this afternoon. >> there are a lot of planes, ships and sailors all here for the 38th annual fleet week. we'll take you onboard. >> reporter: they are cleaning the glass. the organist is warming up. they're getting the ice ready for tonight's home opener against the ducks in san jose. we're going to tell you what the sharks players say they hope translates from training camp to the season. and a live look at our traffic on this wednesday, this is the san mateo bridge.

pretty heavy if you're heading toward i-80 peninsula bound not too bad right now. with pg&e in the sierras. and i'm an arborist since the onset of the drought, more than 129 million trees have died in california. pg&e prunes and removes over a million trees every year to ensure that hazardous trees can't impact power lines. and since the onset of the drought we've doubled our efforts. i grew up in the forests out in this area and honestly it's heartbreaking to see all these trees dying. what guides me is ensuring that the public is going to be safer and that these forests can be sustained and enjoyed by the community in the future.

there are several unanswered questions about a military plane flying low and loud that startled many residents. >> reporter: video captured tuesday by an abc 7 news photojournalist shows a c-17 military aircraft flying over santa cruz homes. neighbors describe the out of the ordinary sight.

>> it was a giant airplane very low over my house. >> reporter: heather babcock was in the office in her house when it flew over her head seemingly flying toward open water. >> i ran out the door of my office, looked up and saw what i thought was a commercial airliner, like, right over my house really loud and heading in a downward trajectory as far as my layman's eye thought that it was going to the ocean. >> reporter: with fleet week san francisco just a short time away, the officials there say c-17s don't fly among the show's blue angels, military jets or performance aircraft. they received calls about the low flying aircraft but have directed callers to the federal aviation administration. the aircraft wasn't part of a major catastrophe.

>> oh, my god, what was that. i'm waiting to hear, like, engines or a plane crash. that's what i thought was happening. >> reporter: the faa would not be able to confirm unless they did a labor intensive radar replay. instead they directed me to the military. now while fleet week air show organizers say the planes aren't part of their show there are plenty of planes, ships, sailors and visitors in san francisco. >> visitors are already taking advantage of the opportunity to tour some state-of-the-art combat ships. kristen? let's check out this beauty, the "uss manchester," becoming the navy's newest surface combatant. she makes her home in san diego but you can tour "the manchester" through saturday. you can also tour the "ussbonham

richard." they get to chat with service members. when the ship is deployed it carries an additional 2,000 marines, helicopters, and combat weapons, all of it you can see up close right now. >> my father was in world war ii and in the navy and he was a gunner on the "uss wasp." i wanted to see the inside of a ship. >> people have an opportunity to climb aboard an aircraft or learn about the different type of equipment the marines use onboard. they get the hands-on experience while touring the ship. >> reporter: of course the biggest pleaser is the navy's precision flying team, the blue angels. practice flights begin tomorrow afternoon with the full air show friday, saturday and sunday. now for complete information on all things fleet week, for events, schedules to transit and parking go to our website

abc7news.com. >> in the south bay the puck will drop on a new san jose sharks season. mindi bach is live and our first look at eric carlson. >> reporter: the players are just arriving. as you know hockey players are known to be really low key off the ice. they're downplaying some of the major storylines the sharks face this year mainly that key group of their players in their final years of their contract. those players being joe thornton, joe pavelski, eric carlson who was just acquired in a trade and is a key defenseman. but the sharks players are not underestimating the importance of getting off to a good start especially when you have the advantage of the home opener on your ice.

>> i like that training camp is over. it's nice to get your group and really start marching towards your goal. >> it's a long summer. you get with the guys and the games can't come fast enough. >> i don't think we'll look too far ahead. the same goes for every other team in the league. >> we're just excited. everybody has been excited to come here every day and work hard. it's been a good buzz around here lately. >> reporter: and, larry, as you can hear by the music it's really loud with nobody in here. imagine all of the sharks fans joining this as well as they get ready for tonight's game. coach peter deboer said he likes the energy from his veterans. he said the players in the final year of their contracts he saw as much strength and speed from them as he saw four years ago and he's looking forward to seeing how that translates in

tonight's game and the season. let's go back to you and ama. it's getting loud. >> i think they're messing with you. every time you talk the music starts and they start screaming. >> reporter: pretty a's theane brx. we're under an hour away from first pitch. if you want to watch the game with a whole bunch of other a's fans go to the coliseum and you can watch for fr laura anthony is there. we will hear from her in our next half hour. is there a better assignment than going to the ballpark to watch a game? >> absolutely not. >> i would have liked to have signed up for that. not that i don't want to be here with you two. >> understood. sort of. we have some great baseball weather. a look at live doppler 7. we have partly cloudy skies. the sun is breaking through to our east. active weather with thunderstorms breaking out in the sierra foothills. here on our rooftop camera looking back at lots of blue

skies. 69 degrees here in san francisco. oakland, 73. 73 at mountain view. san jose 75. morgan hill, 74. the hourly report just didn't come in. a view in our south beach camera looking back to sutro tower. lots of low clouds in this view. current temperature readings in the mid-70s at santa rosa, napa and novato. 74 at livermore. well, we had a few here just about two minutes ago from the east bay hills camera but apparently the clouds are now obscuring that view so a look at our forecast features. we have a chance of isolated showers through tomorrow. a slight chance of thunder and lightning occurring. we'll have brighter, milder weather by the end of the week. the current storm ranked only 1,

a storm of light intensity, although there is that chance of isolated showers and brief downpours. forecast animation going into the evening and late night hours, we'll see clouds passing by. little pockets of moisture which could produce some isolated showers once again into the morning hours. we don't expect widespread wet pavement for the morning commute but could be some damp spots. by midday look for a cold front to swing down from the north and that will help sweep out that humid air and bring in drier air we'll feel by tomorrow night or possibly by friday morning. tomorrow's highs will range from low 60s at the coast to low 70s around the bay and only mid-70s in most inland areas. it's not going to be very warm. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. a little bit sunnier and drier on friday than tomorrow.

over the week, saturday, sunday and monday, low to mid-80s. mid to upper 70s around the bay. saturday, sunday and monday and low to mid-60s on the coast. and then a little bit of a cooldown on tuesday and wednesday. temperatures will drop back into a more typical range for this time of the year. >> looks like a great weekend. it will be beautiful. thank you, spencer. well, layoffs for a big brewing company. the reason they are cutting 12% of its staff. >> and this is not just any old bottle of whiskey. what's so special about this is customizable str...whatever size.r family.

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bayer confirmed with abc 7 news it is cutting 227 jobs at its facility in berkeley. these cuts represent nearly 17% of the 1,300 workers at the facility. it has been the biotech hub for more than 40 years.

a report in the san francisco business times says the cuts come as the company prepares for a new drug making plant in germany. berkeley is the only biotech manufacturing site in america unionized. in the north bay lagunitas istai cutting workers. the ceo told the santa rosa press democrat the craft beer market is facing challenges because of competition. these layoffs come two after they were gaining dollars shares. it was acquired by heineken last year. a bottle of whiskey has sold for $1 million. it was distilled in 1926 and bottled in 1986. the private collector made the bid over the phone. it's one of 12 signed by the artist adami who signed the

album sleeve for the beatles. the death toll has risen in indonesia following the devastating earthquake and tsunami. abc news has a team on the ground looking at all the damage. that story is next. plus, more on "the new york times" report that president trump's claims of being a

in central south carolina where five police officers have been shot, abc news reports one officer has been died following an active shooter situation. let's take a look at a map now to show you where this is going on. this is in florence, south carolina. we know that a suspect is in custody. three of the officers shot appeared to be deputy sheriffs with florence county. two others are officers with the city in the area. south carolina's governor called the incident simply devastating in a tweet earlier this afternoon. now to the other stories making headlines at 4:30, if you have a cell phone you probably got an alert from fema this morning at 11:18. the presidential alert was the first nationwide test built by the federal government in coordination with wireless carriers to warn americans of a possible emergency. reporter wayne freedman sent this tweet.

a similar countywide test several weeks ago did not reach all residents as intended. abc world news tonight tweets about a veterans organization, their heartfelt move to place thousands of american flags across the national mall in an effort to raise awareness of veteran suicide. 5,520 flags were planted, one for each military or veteran suicide since the start of the year. president trump is responding to an explosive report of "the new york times" that accuses him and his family of decades of enriching themselves through dubious tax schemes. some of those instances were outright fraud, according to "the times." abc news reporter elizabeth in new york. >> reporter: the white house says these allegations are totally false and president trump calls the report old and boring. but "the new york times" are not backing down. president trump's repeated claims of being a self-made billionaire --

>> i started with a million dollar loan. i built a company worth more than $10 billion. >> reporter: according to "the new york times" are false, alleging fred trump actually loaned his son at least $60.7 million. the paper also asserting the president received the equivalent today of at least $413 million from his father's real estate company adding that much of the money came to him through dubious tax schemes including instances of outright fraud. one of the reporters who conducted the investigation telling "gma" the alleged fraud involved fred trump creating a shell company. >> the largest would be all county building supply. all county was paying vendors whatever fred was paying them. all county sends a padded receipt and the difference goes to the kids. >> reporter: the paper pointing to records they say show the president's parents transferred more than $1 billion of their

wealth to their children. the paper estimating that means a tax bill of at least $550 million. a variety of tax dodges in order to pay only $52.2 million. >> totally false attack. there is no fraud or tax evasion by anyone. >> reporter: with the state tax department here now reviewing these allegations and the mayor today the city will look to see if any unpaid taxes can be recovered. reporting live in new york, i'm elizabeth hur for abc 7 news. a utah man is now in federal custody accused of sending a suspicious substance to the pentagon. they took william allen iii into custody. he served in the navy from 1998 to 2002. his arrest comes two days after a suspicious substance initially believed to be rison was found

in two envelopes in a mail screening facility. one was addressed to defense secretary james mattis. the other to admiral john richardson, the chief of the u.s. navy. earlier today they announced the substance wasn't rison but beans of which the poison is made from. the death toll was raised to 1,407 from the earthquake that spawned a tsunami that devastated part of indonesia. >> reporter: this is the part of the beach where that massive wall of water came to shore. that earthquake struck out there to sea and the tsunami came in and this is where it hit 500 ts basically completely stripped of life. there were homes here. and as you walk through all this stuff, bits onk w and uprn tes abuilding le ve a

handbag of toys and kids. people lived here and to witness something that is basically annihilated life along the coast is something. you think about the topography of this part of palu, it's in an quoef. when the earthquake hit and the water came to the place it funneled down into where we are now. most of palu wasn't hit that badly but this bit was basically entirely wiped off the map. and so as a rather sad image now of people walking along the beach picking through, seeing what they can find, many of them will have lived here, some of them perhaps not. this is what remains of life here. cyber security watchdog is accusing the north korean government of stealing more than a billion dollars from global banks. the u.s. security firm fireeye says the attacks are particularly aggressive and says the hackers are conducting the

operations on behalf of north korean leader kim jong-un. the group is still operating and the report says the militia's attacks are part of an active global threat. north korea denies any involvement in these cyber attacks. >> it's win or go home for the oakland a's tonight. >> yes. counting down to the wild card game in new york, how a's fans are feeling as the team has the one chance to advance in the playoffs. >> i'm spencer christian. we're looking at mainly blue skies from this angle from our rooftop camera but lots of clouds a

it is win or go home for the a's and yankees. 25 minutes away from the first pitch of the wild card game in new york. >> abc 7 news reporter laura anthony live at the oakland coliseum which is packed and fans are gathering to watch this game. laura? >> reporter: they are, larry. i'm here at the tree house surrounded by die hard a's fans. i've also managed to have someone join me who knows a little bit about winning baseball. dennis eckersley. thanks so much for being with me, dennis. what's your prediction for tonight's game? who will win? that's a w for the a's. like itsea t citydisplaying qui confidence ahead of tonight's do or die game against the new york

yankees. the kind of confidence that comes with knowing this is a group thatan g itdone. time and again far exceeding expectations. a big game tonight. what are you thinking? >> i'm excited about it. just what we're waiting for. this is something oakland needed. >> reporter: the a's president spoke to us via skype from new york. >> i think the team is ready to go. they want to showcase their talent level and excitement around making october baseball a reality in oakland. >> found it. >> reporter: and while the contest is 3,000 miles away, fans here are gearing up ready to show up for a game many believe will go their way. >> we have a very good rivalry against the yankees and i'm hoping that today will be the time and we're ready for it. what do going to do it. with everybody rooting for them, they're going to win.

that's a quad that's beaten the odds especially on the roads so who is to say they won't do it again. >> and it sure did, k. >> wre going to win. >> how is it going to happen? >> quick. >> they've been doing really well in the eighth inning. they're going to take it on home. >> reporter: you can hear quite a bit of optimism. hear handing out the rally towels that says win one for hero town. expecting more than 1,000 before the night is through. they have the tree house open. they're going to have some of the outdoor seating available for folks. and these guys didn't want to watch this game. they wanted to be here together. they want to continue tonight

and they are banking on yet another a's win. live at the coliseum, abc 7 news. >> if the a's win. it is going to be epic in the tree house. i have a feel you know that already. >> reporter: absolutely, larry. >> enjoy. >> good times. let's get on over to the weather. >> here is spencer christian. >> here is a look at live doppler 7. the weather is quite active. an outbreak of thunderstorms over in the sierra foothills and the sierra. we have a chance of some isolated showers with the storm ranking one on the storm impact scale. that chance will be with us through tomorrow, isolated showers and brief downpours, possibly lightning and thunder. here is our 12-hour planner for tomorrow. we'll start the day with lingering clouds and maybe an isolated morning shower and then will start drying out midday but clouds will linger for a while and sunny skies late in theoo ar

air coming in in the evening hours and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast which takes us to friday, a sunnier and drier day than tomorrow. slightly milder. we see sunny skies. inland highs, low to mid-80s, mid to upper 70s. low to mid-60s on the coast, which is pretty mild and we'll get a cooldown midweek next week. more autumnlike weather. >> thank you, spencer. >> another investigation into facebook and data breach. and it is all about empowering girls this weekend in santa clara. we'll have more on the

you could generate yourat home.rgy, or to save energy, unplug unused appliances. do your thing, with energy upgrade california. abc 7 news is a media partner of the girls festival coming up this santa clara and here to tell us more is mary stuts, a volunteer advisory board member for worldwide women. thanks for coming in today. >> thank you for having me. >> a lot of us, mindi bach, tell us what this festival is. >> the girls' festival is an interactive expo that will give the girls truly hands-on

opportunities to experience all different types of careers. so, for example, we're going to have our own version of shark tank. there will be things like robotics, coding, film making. they recycle and are vintage. kaiser permanente is doing a psa competition around mental health awareness. the golden state warriors are doing sports drills all day and our own abc 7 is going to have the girls experience being a weather anchor. there's dancing and singing. we want to give the girls the opportunity to experience all these different potential career paths so that they understand they can do anything. nothing is impossible for them and we want them to experience

not just sitting there looking at people talking about it but they get to do it themselves. >> and if they like it, something they would be interested in. >> exactly right and there's a makers fair where they can experience making things. it's just a full day of fantastic opportunities. this is our third year doing it and we've had over 8,000 families, families bring their girls. they come from all over northern california. >> that brings me to a question if a family wants to come and the family has a son -- >> bring them along. there are a lot of dads who come and bring their girls. absolutely. >> that's great to see. why do you think this is so important for you to do and have this for these girls? >> it's so important for girls to understand that they will be the future leaders going forward and even when you look at the mission of worldwide women itself, it's a social enterprise that is a website designed to

corral all of the resources available to women and girls primarily run by women globally so we have these resources by city globally and we want to bring this whole website alive to girls so that they can understand that they will be the ones being the entrepreneurs, being the board members, being the ceos. they are the ones who will be leading and what better way to do that than to let them have this experience that's just for them. they get to call all the shots. they get to run everything. >> they run the world. >> they run the world. start with the girls festival. >> mary, thank you so much for coming in and giving us the information. i'm sure it will be wonderful. >> thank you. >> larry? >> i love mary's enthusiasm. ireland is investigating the recent data breach at facebook that gave hackers access to 50 million accounts. the irish data commission says it will look into whether the social media giant complied with european regulations.

they will focus on whether facebook put appropriate measures in place to safeguard users personal data. less than 5 million accounts are affected by the data breach in the european union. 7 on yourside's michael finney receives several consumer complaints. every single complaint is read and dealt with and michael joins us now with a few of those complaints and how they were solved. >> thank you. a ann from san francisco contacted us because her package was lost. she returned a pair of shoes to toms using the return u.p.s. label they provided. ann never got a refund. she contacted toms and they were told they never got the shoes. we contacted toms. ann tells us she received her refund, $54.19. the south bay woman contacted me after being charged for a service she had dropped. janet from morgan hill canceled her bundle service through at&t

but was still getting charged for the internet as a separate account totaling $440 which went into collections. now after talking to the people down at collections they returned the bill to at&t so janet called 7 on your side and we contacted the company. it looked into her account and refunded janet all $440. and our final resolve for the day comes from an east bay man who tried to postpone his hotel reservation or get a refund. john from walnut creek fractured his hip a week before he left on vacation. he wanted to change his orbitz booked hotel but they told him they could give him neither because the reservation was booked as nonrefundable. the hotel was understanding telling john it was willing to rebook but orbitz would have to make the change. weep got hold of orbitz which told us the rebooking problem came about because reservation day was too far in advance for its system so, get this, orbitz

refunded john $1,437. now i want to hear from you. my 7 on your side hotline is open weekdays 10:00 to 2:00. 415-954-8151 or on my facebook page. >> anytime you can get something out of collections, you're doing some work. >> thank you. thank you. >> great job, michael. thanks. a new study links eating processed meat with breast cancer. 16 studies connecting processed meats like hot dogs, bacon, ham and salami with the disease. they found consumption of up to 30 grams a day associated with a 9% increased risk of breast cancer compared with those who ate two grams a day, no significant link with red meat. the results are published in the international journal of cancer. >> there are efforts across the bay area trying to recruit and retain teachers. that includes building affordable housing for them.

up next the opposition to one such proposal in san jose. >> and kristen is here withwh's kristen? new at 5:00 the epidemiclirmore. i was horrified. it made me worry more. >> how a community is coming together after the loss of two teens. plus -- >> they come to conclusions that are not in any way supported. >> talking about a report on the cracked window in the millennium tower. the mystery and motivation for another look at what happened come up when dan and i join you for abc 7 news at 5:00.

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school district's plan to build affordable housing for teachers. >> now this involves raising existing schools. abc 7 news reporter david louie has the story from san jose. >> reporter: leyland high school occupies 55 acres in the upper middle class neighborhood one of nine sites being considered for teachers and other employees of the unified school district. nearby middle school's 20-acre site, one k-8 school and one other middle school are on the list of possibilities. as word spreads about the proposal, strong opposition has surfaced including thousands who have signed a change.org petition. >> you think of the impact to people's home values, you think of the impact to people who expected to be able to have their kids walk to school. you think of the impact to taxpayers. it seems like a lot of negative. >> reporter: however, the school district says the quality of education is at stake because it's losing teachers because of the high cost of housing. it needs to recruit about 200

teachers each year. >> losing dozens when they find out about the cost of living. we're losing even more when they want to start a family. many of our best and brightest when they want to have families of their own are relocating. >> reporter: if torn down leyland and bret harte would be replaced. >> they could move them somewhere else and build low cost housing for their staff here. there are other places in the city that make a much better choice. >> reporter: school officials say it will try to clear up misinformation about the proposal at a public meeting tonight at leyland high school. the school district says no final decision will be made for at least a year while the staff reviews and analyzes each of the nine proposed sites. in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. and the public meeting about the teacher housing proposal will be held at leyland high school. it starts at 6:00 p.m. >> you can get the latest news anytime with our abc 7 news app. it has enhanced live video features, more customization and

personalized push alerts to get the news you want delivered to your phone and in real time. that's going to do it for this edition of abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm larry beil. the news at 5:00 starts now. and i flat out broke down and cried for like half an hour. a community in mourning after the deaths of two livermore teenagers from a suspected opioid overdose. >> new outrage after president trump mocks christine blasey ford at a rally. how state leaders and sexual assault survivors are responding. a test alert from the white house is issued to cell phones across the united states. maybe you got that today. a local state agency that says it could save your life. the millennium tower rules that a cracked window was caused from the outside. who says that report is bogus and wants an independent investigation?>>go evin thksor joining us. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze.

a man died following a confrontation with san mateo county sheriff's deputies this afternoon. >> sky real on the san bruno border. sources tell abc 7 news the man was running in traffic along a busy road. >> deputies used pepper spray and a taser to subdue him this afternoon. the man died after being rushed to a hospital. investigators have spent the last few hours interviewing witnesses and looking for evidence at the scene. >> and we have more breaking news now. this is unfolding in south carolina. >> at least one police officer has died and four others shot. >> investigators say they were taken -- they've taken a suspect into custody in florence county, south carolina. they're describing what happened as an active shooter incident. >> three of the wounded are sheriff's deputies, the other two city police officers. south carolina's governor described the situation as simply devastating in a tweet. now to our other top story here in the bay area now. grief counselors on hand at

livermore high school.